Uncle Gator's Kiawah Adventures

All 6 can say is you better be there by now!   This past weekend 6, 6A and 61, made the annual trip to the mall, 62 was not there this year, 6 thinks that she was making a little to marry on Saturday night. It was really a great trip, as you might expect the stores were packed, the parking garages were full, and the people sure had no idea what Christmas is all about. Speaking of that 6 saw a poll the other day, and for the first time, more people in the USA think Christmas is a national holiday, and not a religious holiday. Given that nice piece of information, lets us do a “REALITY CHECK” look at the secular side. The goal is for retailers to get into the “Black”. Think about this, starting around Halloween we are subject to nonstop advertizing products, from new fangled hair removers (I still say it look like a cell phone) to Audi commercials (what a slap in the face to the Salvation Army, and the meaning of Christmas) to that stuffed animal with all of the pockets. The fre...

On the first day of Pre-Christmas my true love sent to me: Uncle Byron in a RV On the second day of Pre-Christmas my true love sent to me: Two Condo’s in Kiawah and Uncle Byron in a RV On the third day of Pre-Christmas my true love sent to me: Three Beautiful Children Two Condo’s in Kiawah And a Green egg in my back yard On the fourth day of Pre-Christmas my true love sent to me: Four Growling Gators Three Beautiful Children Two Condo’s in Kiawah and Green egg in my Back Yard On the fifth day of Pre-Christmas my true love sent to me: Five Cases of Rex Four Growling Gators Three Beautiful Children Two Condo’s in Kiawah and Green egg in my Back Yard On the sixth day of Pre-Christmas my true love sent to me: Six cans of Meister Brau Five Cases of Rex Four Growling Gators Three Beautiful Children Two Condo’s in Kiawah and Green egg in my Back Yard On the seventh day of Pre-Christmas my true love sent to me: Seven days of vacation Six cans of ...

The tradition of the family Christmas tree. The tradition started about 50 years ago, before that who knows and better yet who cares. Those were the days, when things were simple.6A was remembering when   we waited all year for that   final week before Christmas, to watch all of the Christmas shows: Charlie Brown’s Christmas, Mr. Magoo Christmas, Frosty the snow man, Rudolf the red nose reindeer, The Grinch, It’s a wonderful Life, white Christmas and of course National Lampoons Christmas vacation!   Today you have 25 days of Christmas the hallmark channel, and others playing the same movies over and over, and not one of them will bring the little tear to your eye like Clark standing in front of his house at the end of the all time classic. To continue every radio station now plays Christmas music starting just after Halloween 24/7, when back in the day, you listened to vinyl on the old Hi-Fi. Well this has nothing to do with trees so I will bet back on topic. ...

You know there is a lot to be said for tradition. For those who don’t know what it means I looked it up for you in dictionary.com a :   an inherited, established, or customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior (as a religious practice or a social custom) b :   a belief or story or a body of beliefs or stories relating to the past that are commonly accepted as historical though not verifiable :   the handing down of information, beliefs, and customs by word of mouth or by example from one generation to another without written instruction :   cultural continuity in social attitudes, customs, and institutions characteristic manner, method, or style <in the best liberal tradition > . Given this as the background, I want all of you to send me (a belief or story or a body of beliefs or stories relating to the past that are commonly accepted as historical though not verifiable) you fondest Christmas tradition! As you all know, every blog or story that I...